• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.391-398
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• 2022

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a typical inflammatory colon disorder. Platycodon grandiflorum (PG) is known to exert various beneficial effects including anti-oxidative and anti-bacterial properties and improvements in liver function. However, the improving effect and mechanism of PG on intestinal inflammation are not fully understood. The present research was designed to investigate the effect of PG on the clinical signs of DSS-induced colitis in mice. The ameliorative effects of PG on inflammatory cytokine expression and the activation of hypoxia-inducible-factor (HIF)-1α in DSS-treated colon tissue were also determined. Our results showed that mice treated with DSS displayed the main clinical symptoms of colitis, including weight loss, bloody stools, decrease in colon length and diarrhea and PG treatment significantly improved the clinical features induced by DSS in mice. PG inhibited the increase in the levels of inflammatory cytokines caused by DSS in colon tissues. We also showed that the anti-inflammatory mechanism of PG involved suppressing the activation of HIF-1α in DSS-treated colon tissues. Collectively, the findings of this study indicate the prospect of developing new drugs from PG for UC treatment.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.171-177
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• 2022

The precise homeostatic regulation of local auxin accumulation in xylem precursors of cambium stem cell tissues is one of the most important mechanisms for plant vascular patterning and radial secondary growth. Walls are thin (WAT1), a novel intracellular auxin transporter, contributes directly to the auxin accumulation maxima in xylem precursors. According to recent research, the auxin signaling activated pathway-related gene network was significantly enriched during the secondary growth of Panax ginseng storage roots. These imply that during P. ginseng root secondary growth, specific signaling mechanisms for local auxin maxima in the vascular cambial cells are probably triggered. This study identified four WAT1-like genes, PgWAT1-1/-2 and PgWAT2-1/-2, in the P. ginseng genome. Their expression levels were greatly increased in nitratetreated storage roots stimulated for secondary root growth. PgWAT1-1 and PgWAT2-1 were similar to WAT1 from Arabidopsis and tomato plants in terms of their subcellular localization at a tonoplast and predicted transmembrane topology. We discovered that overexpression of PgWAT1-1 and PgWAT2-1 was sufficient to compensate for the secondary growth defects observed in slwat1-copi loss of function tomato mutants. This critical information from the PgWAT1-1 and PgWAT2-1 genes can potentially be used in future P. ginseng genetic engineering and breeding for increased crop yield.

• 한국약용작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국약용작물학회 2006년도 Proceedings of The Convention of The Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology
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• pp.23-39
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• 2006

The application of the knowledge from the Human Genome Project to clinical medicine will be through both industrial drug development and the application of pharmacogenomics (PG) to patient care. The slow uptake of clinical innovations into clinical practice can be frustrating, but understanding the history of acceptance and sustaining medical innovation is critically important to position PG to succeed. This primarily means that PG tests must have legitimacy; they must be thoroughly validated, must be cost-effective, must be widely accepted by medical practitioners, must be supported by public policy, and must have a way of being easily incorporated into current medical practice. They must also lead to actionalble decisions by health care providers for their patients. Innovative PG assays should be tested in the best US laboratories, and reimbursement for testing must be accepted at the federal and state level. The companies providing these PG tests should be capable of supporting the interpretation and use of the test throughout medical practice. Advances such as the addition of PG information to drug labeling and the routine use of validated biomarkers to determine choice of cancer chemotherapy have been made. The PG research community must pay attention to the principles that have been previously described for acceptance and sustaining medical innovations in order for PG to be widely accepted in clinical medical practice.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.372-378
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• 2010

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of an oral drench of propylene glycol (PG) on milk production, serum metabolites and reproductive performance during the transition period of animals. Twenty-four 2-3 multiparous Holstein cows (average body weight 565 kg, body condition score about 3.6, at the $9^{th}$ month of gestation) were selected, blocked, and then randomly assigned into a PG and a control group. The control and the PG group cows were orally drenched with water or 50 ml sugarcane molasses mixed with 500 ml PG from 7 days pre-partum to 30 days post-partum, respectively. Experimental results indicated that the oral drench PG had no effect on dry matter intake (DMI). The milk yield of the PG group was significantly higher than that of the control group (p<0.05), whereas milk fat content, milk protein and somatic cell counts (SCC) were not significantly different between groups. Concentration of plasma glucose in the PG group was significantly higher than that of the control group (p<0.05). Conversely, the concentrations of non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA), and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) in the PG group were lower than those of the control group (p<0.05). Concentrations of insulin and ketone bodies were not significantly difference between groups. Body condition score (BCS) in the PG group was significantly higher than that of the control group (p<0.05). In reproductive performance there was no difference between groups. The experimental results indicate that supplementation of PG during the transition period of dairy cows can supply energy rapidly, resulting in reduced catabolism of body tissue and increased milk yield.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.63-71
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• 2005

아스팔트바인더등급은 아스팔트바인더의 품질을 포장의 공용성과 관련하여 등급화한 것으로, 혼합물배합설계에 있어서 중요재료인 아스팔트를 적절히 선정하는 데 필수적인 정보를 제공한다. 이러한 목적을 위해 미국은 1990년대 중반에 PG-등급을 개발하여 현장에 적용하고 있다. 국내에서도 최근에 미국의 PG-등급을 들여와서 바인더규정으로 채택하고 있다. 그러나 일본, 중국을 비롯한 아시아 지 역이나 유럽의 대부분 나라들은 미국과는 달리 침입도나 점도등급을 고온등급으로 사용하고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 미국의 PC-등급의 타당성을 분석하는 데 있다. 분석결과는 이등급에 심각한 오류가 있음을 말해주며 , 이를 해결하기 위한 대안으로 보다 정확한 바인더등급 이론식이 소개된다. 상기 식들을 이용하여 현장가속시험기나 실내 바퀴주행시험기에서 얻어진 문헌의 데이터를 예측함으로서 본 논문에서 주장하는 내용들을 입증한다.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.351-355
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• 1995

국내 재배종 토마토 서광 품종으로부터 분리한 Polygalacturonase 유전자(PG2)의 3'측 1.1 kb cDNA 단편을 식물 형질전환용 운반체에 antisense 방향으로 삽입한 후 자엽을 이용하여 토마토내 도입하여 형질전환 토마토를 획득하였다. 형질전환 토마토(T$^{0}$ )를 도입시켜 그 종자를 1 mg/mL 농도의 kanamycin 함유 MS 배지에서 발아시켜 분리 집단 중에서 T$_1$9 식물체를 얻었다. T$_1$9의 Genomic Southern blot 분석 결과, antisense PG 유전자 1개가 염색체 내로 삽입되었음을 확인하였고 RNA gel blot 분석으로 endogenous PG mRNA보다 antisense PG RNA가 강하게 발현됨을 확인하였다. T$_1$9 계통 10개체의 성숙 토마토 과피조직내의 PG 효소 활성도 4~60%까지 저해되었다.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.495-501
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• 2018

Ultraviolet B (UVB) exposure is a risk factor for skin damage resulting in oxidative stress, inflammation, and cell death. The purpose of this study was to investigate the physicochemical properties of Platycodon grandiflorum (PG) to improve its biological activities using a three-step steaming process. We investigated the protective effects of PG and steamed PG extracts on human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) against UVB radiation-induced oxidative stress and inflammation as well as the underlying mechanisms. The antioxidant potential of the PG extracts was evaluated by measuring the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid (ABTS) scavenging activity. ABTS and DPPH were shown by the 0, 30, and 70% ethanol extracts of 2S-PG and 3S-PG ($IC_{50}$, 28~45 and $27{\sim}30{\mu}g/mL$, respectively). Treatment of UVB-irradiated cells with steamed PG ($25{\sim}400{\mu}g/mL$) did not affect their viability. The streamed PG extract suppressed UVB-induced generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). In addition, streamed PG extract reduced cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) protein expression in UVB-irradiated HDF, regulating nuclear factor $(NF)-{\kappa}B$ expression. These findings suggest that steamed PG extract may be potentially effective against inflammation associated with UVB-induced oxidation stress.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.79-85
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• 2001

경기도 안성시 한경대학교에서 1999년 7월부터 11월까지 2주간격으로 대기중 OCPs를 측정하였다. 현재도 사용중인 것으로 보고된 endosulfan I과 II의 농도가 오래 전에 사용 금지된 다른 OCPs와 대사물질의 농도보다 훨씬 높았다. 그리고 모화합물인 heptachlor보다는 대사물질인 heptachlor epoxide가 더 높은 농도를 보였다. 이것은 이 성분이 사용된 지 상당히 되었지만, 환경중에서 독성이 강한 대사물질로 전환되어 잔류함을 알 수 있었다. 그리고 모든 OCPs는 가을보다 여름에 높은 농도를 보였다. 온도가 높은 여름에 air-surface exchange과 관련된 휘발작용으로 농도가 높아지고 온도가 낮은 가을에 농도가 감소함을 알 수 있었다. 그렇지만 endosulfan I과 II는 온도의 영향뿐만 아니라 사용량과 관련성이 있는 것으로 사료되었다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.432-436
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 해수를 활용하여 수동적으로 냉각되는 폴리머 히트싱크의 열성능을 전산적으로 탐구한다. 폴리머 히트싱크는 폐열회수를 위한 열전생성기의 저온면의 냉각모듈로 제안되었고, 상세한 수치연구를 위해 3차원 전산유체역학 모델링이 수행되었다. 폴리머 히트싱크의 기본 소재로 polyphenylene sulfide (PPS)와 pyrolytic graphite (PG)가 선택되었고, 전산연구는 다양한 휜 수와 휜 두께에서 PPS와 PG 히트싱크의 성능을 결정하고, 이 결과는 알루미늄 (Al)과 티타늄 (Ti) 히트싱크와 비교된다. 연구결과는 PG 히트싱크가 Ti 히트싱크 보다 3~4배 열성능이 우수함을 보이는데, 이 결과는 Ti 히트싱크보다 더 우수한 PG 히트싱크의 열확산에 기인한 것으로 보인다. 연구결과에 의하면 PG 히트싱크의 열성능에 대한 휜 수 증가의 효과가 PPS와 Ti 히트싱크 경우와는 상반됨을 보이는데, 이는 휜 수 증가에 대한 열확산, 표면적 증대, 유동저항의 상관관계로 설명이 가능하다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제22권12호
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• pp.1637-1643
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 IL-$1{\beta}$ 발현에 PG의 영향을 조사하였고, 단핵세포에서 PG에 의한 IL-$1{\beta}$ 상향조절에 포함된 세포인자를 밝혔다. PG에 사람의 THP-1 세포를 노출시키면 IL-$1{\beta}$ 분비 증가뿐만 아니라 IL-$1{\beta}$ 유전자 전사를 유도하는 결과를 가져왔고, TLR-2/4의 억제제인 OxPAPC에 의해 저해되었다. U0126, SP6001250, Akti IV, rapamycin, DPI 같은 약리학적 저해제도 PG에 의한 IL-$1{\beta}$의 상향조절을 상당히 약화시켰다. 그러나 polymyxin B는 IL-$1{\beta}$ 발현에 영향을 미치지 않았다. 본 연구는 PG는 TLR-2, Akt, mTOR, MAPKs, ROS를 통하여 IL-$1{\beta}$의 발현을 상향시킴을 확인하였다.